Gromnir

Not really, friendly fire was implemented/ignored in RPGs according to whatever worked for that particular game since the inception of the genre. I'm more worried about Obsidian dropping 6 member parties and Josh Sawyer mentioning on several occasions that combat in Pillars of Eternity was confusing due to the party size, which quite frankly seems ridiculous to me. Honestly I thought it was a mess in PoE. There were so many abilities and spells scattered across so many characters that I gave up micromanaging early on. I'd prefer smaller parties. In D&D I don't remember having so many abilities for melee and ranged folks, meaning I could just micromanage the magic ones. improved ai for companions could help. we has noted frequently that in team sports games you got called plays. instead o' micromanaging for sports teams, you call a play that results in the entire team executing a complex set o' instructions. individual companion ai improvements would be nice, but with a party we would actual prefer what has been standard in team sports since forever-- called plays. that being said, we much enjoyed that the poe non-spell casters had depth and breadth o' abilities. one reason why the rogue were one o' our two least favorite poe classes is 'cause the passive abilities were, in general, superior to actives. build a good melee rogue simple meant finding ways to maximize damage to foes suffering from status effects. once combat started, our rogue were almost like a fire-and-forget missile. we would send the rogue out and have him/her attack prone (or whatever) enemies. dull. our other party members could do stuff, but the rogue would simple chunk disabled foes. as a matter o' fact, the original beta poe fighter were much like the rogue. fighter were low maintenance tanky/defensive class. the original paladin were also extreme low maintenance but were support and tanky. clearly the poe developers had intended to provide multiple classes that did not require much micromanagement. fail. considerable pre and post release changes resulted in the fighter and paladin becoming much more active once poe combat began, 'cause that is what folks wanted. kinda sux for hurl, but the poe that woulda' suited him best were the early beta. am not sure what lessons the obsidian developers took from poe, but post release, there were a clear evolution o' multiple classes that increased their level o' micromanagement. HA! Good Fun!

*snort* what is it 'bout the internet that it breeds this curious mentality that the obsidans and inxiles owe the nameless and faceless mob details o' their business, but when such businesses ask for the most innocuous level o' reciprocity (name and email) from those who intend to print interviews, we is treated to public displays o' bitter mewling and anguished hair rending. if codex had provided the requested info and inxile still wouldn't allow the interview, then we would understand sensuki's public pity party. HA! Good Fun!

have no idea. do you? am guessing that the rpgwatch (never been to the site) news editor, if they have one, would be enough to satisfy. has rpg watch ever misquoted or misrepresented inxile? regardless, it were a reasonable request to ask for info. codex didn't provide. don't really have much cause to complain at that point. HA! Good Fun! ps and name and email is hardly an NSA-level intrusion, is it? did inxile also request social security, mother's maiden name, city o' birth?

articles is published by a number o' staff indeed. makes worse for codex, not better. you give 'em the personal info for those capable o' publishing? insulating anonymity o' the internet is swell and all for the codex, but is less amusing to publishers and developers. to you it is a wrong detail. a reasonable request for info were made to codex and it were not provided. if you think inXile had no reason to demand such info, then take a stand such as you did. good on you all. even so, can't act all that shocked and surprised when inXile chooses not to grant interviews when codex don't provide basic info. HA! Good Fun!

agreed. am not certain that mewling over the petty injustice is the best way to sell the hardcore nature o' the codex. am s'posing that the codex has a few drama queens, but give inXile one o' their demeaning poster tags woulda' been a better way to go we s'pose. what is vol's tag at codex? HA! Good Fun!

infiltron is the guy "publishing" the interviews. if misinformation is presented, am wanting to have the name and info o' the guy publishing. and "publish" don't mean he needs get hard copies on his brother copier and send out to dozens o' folks. simple posting at codex counts as "publish." am recalling that chris avellone noted at least once that codex misrepresented his comments during an interview. it happens, often complete by accident and w/o malice. the thing is, if such kinda stuff happens, one is Not contacting codex to discuss with infiltron or sensuki or whomever. am gonna get names and real info, or the relationship ends. HA! Good Fun!

I think you might be misinterpreting something here. "The PR agency also asked for Infinitron's personal information - name, email address etc, Codex staff declined to give it." can't give basic info o' the guy posting the interviews and releasing info to the public? no interviews with codex would be the predictable outcome, no? regardless, to respond to hurl, folks become as emotional invested in their fan and review sites as they does with a game. game is played a couple dozen hours and often forgotten. a game site, on the other hand, can be visited daily for years. a slight or injustice done unto _______ can be far more significant to the gamer than is the actual quality o' the game. we got a prime example (or two) o' that mentality posting in this thread. HA! Good Fun! *edit* weird double-post... kinda

having given interviews, we suspect that refusal to provide name, email and other simple info would be a deal breaker for us. "señor p00pypants" might be a famous nom de guerre for an internet personality, but am not gonna waste our time if an interviewer can't even provide basic personal info. HA! Good Fun!

y'know, every time we get a puppy we marvel at just how long it takes to get 'em house trained. am thinking we much prefer non-puppies. we got older dogs that is as playful as puppies, albeit not quite as cute, but the peeing and the pooping and the wondering when it will all end makes puppies not our favorites. am not a cat person, but it would be fantastic if dogs learned as fast as cats 'bout proper places to vacate bladders and bowels. ... not actual football 2016, but... HA! Good Fun! ps we did have jaw drop moments when we saw multiple articles compare kaepernick favorably to muhammad ali and jackie robinson. tough to sympathize 'bout media mistreatment.

still could be a career ender. is too bad. am thinking it weren't fair to bridegwater, but more than a couple sports outlets were predicting a major step forward for the young vikes qb this year. ah well, good luck to him. pre-season injuries is inevitable but is a few teams getting hit extreme hard this year. some speculate that the reduced practices and reduced conditioning is actual a reason, but is all speculation at this point. heck, we even feel a bit bad for romo... though we gotta admit that when we played, we genuine were attempting to put guys in the hospital with every hit. intimidation were a big part o' the game. wr gets alligator arms after a couple big hits and rbs sudden is more concerned 'bout ball protection as 'posed to yac. when we did knock a guy unconscious or injure him, we would pretend to feel bad, but inside we were doing a little happy dance. *shrug* it is a rough sport.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X70VMrH3yBg can always use a little boom-boom. HA! Good Fun!

as an aside, our favorite fishing song https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iQC2_NJj2iA HA! Good Fun!

it isn't anything like lying by omission. nothing from his statement were left out o' the report. 49ers backup qb views on other topics, political and personal, were wholly irrelevant to determining whether kaepernick's reasoning were reported accurate. *shrug* a backup qb sits for national anthem and gets far more coverage than would bart if somebody noticed him sit. am not seeing any reason to complain 'bout media as a whole. there was nothing for the media to set straight regarding his protest or the coverage o' kaepernick's response. of course they had no reason to "help set the record a little more straight" (enough qualifiers?) 'cause the record is pretty darn straight regarding what were said by kaepernick. and the media understandably has no interest in correcting every other media source that were too mean to kaepernick. kaepernick got no special insights on the issue, but simple by being a backup qb he got far more attention than would you. to complain 'bout media being unfair to kaepernick strikes us as a difficult proposition to swallow. HA! Good Fun!

Accurate, but incomplete. It isn't quite lying by omission - because yes, Keapernick was stupid enough to only give that initial answer - but the more trash talking I hear about Kaepernick as a result of this story, the more it begins to feel like it, particularly when the media seems to have no interest in trying to help set the record a little more straight. If the media's only duty is to make money and be at least technically honest (avoiding breaking any laws and also thus not having any qualms about not bothering to follow up a story that affects the general perception of a person), then I'll be trying my best to avoid giving the media any clicks or views... ...But I already try to do that anyways. there is no lie by omission. how did the media lie by omission? kaepernick has other things he wanna protest? fine. that don't change at all why he sat for the national anthem. the reporter reported kaepernick's response as to why. they did accurate and Complete. were not that kaepernick gave more answer but the reporter only printed half the answer. That would be lie by omission. fact that kaepernick failed to give a good answer is not fault o' the reporter. is no duty on the reporter to do other than report accurate. lie by omission? not even close. you are being unfair to the initial reporter regarding this story. you got a particular beef with a few reporters that went overboard and spun nonsense 'bout kaepernick? fine. link the bad stories. am betting there were more than a few. we can also link dozens o' brief reports that provided just the facts w/o any kinda editorializing. regardless, this is a poor example for media fails as a whole. kaepernick has gotten more attention and more coverage than his protest likely deserves. his protest, and the reason for protest were covered and covered accurate, and kaepernick even got substantial follow-up from many sources. not a good example. HA! Good Fun!

the story were the protest. the reason for the protest were reported accurate. am not certain how you can see some kinda duty to "follow up on the report." and no, we don't think it is a big deal. is no big deal 'cause kaepernick is hardly relevant-- the protest went initial unnoticed after all. we only mention 'cause kaepernick and the talking heads seem to all be missing an essential factor: the US can't do anything to bring 'bout the changes kaepernick wants. is a bit like Gromnir walking into a dunkin donuts and lighting a boston creme ablaze... to protest nike's use o' cheap foreign labor. is nonsensical. HA! Good Fun!

no. hell no. why does kaepernick get special treatment just 'cause he protested? is it the reporter's duty to ask the backup qb 'bout all his other political views and his feelings regarding the nfl... and puppies... how does he feel about puppies? reporter asked kaepernick why he sat. kaepernick explained why he sat. reporter then reported what were kaepernick's response. a multitude o' news agencies then ran with the story. *shrug* is no duty on the reporter to try and make kaepernick look better or worse. sure, some reporters will have an agenda, and they will provide context that skews. that ain't unusual. nevertheless, the reporters did report the facts accurate, and we not see any duty for them to dig deeper and plumb the depths o' kaepernick's soul. HA! Good Fun!

doesn't actual help kaepernick to note that he were protesting all kinda unrelated stuff. sit during national anthem to protest nfl behavior? makes even worse. oh, and his initial protest were mistreatment o' blacks, specific by cops. yeah, he is protesting all kinda other stuff, but when asked 'bout the national anthem protest, he were not misquoted. HA! Good Fun!

aside the kaepernick protest reveals a fundamental disconnect 'mongst many folks. if a backup qb wants to sit during the national anthem to protest a national ill, we got sympathy. sure, no reporters at the actual game noted the protest 'cause kaepernick ain't actual relevant at the moment. more significant is the fact that the perceived social ill is not w/i the federal power to fix. make changes to fbi and marshal service procedures? sure, but individual municipalities and state Police Power is specific excepted from the fed by the US Constitution. part o' the reason blm and other groups face an uphill battle for change is 'cause the fed is extreme limited regarding what it can do to alter local and state police behavior. "There are bodies in the street and people getting paid leave and getting away with murder." ok, but is California and san francisco and danville and turlock that deserve kaepernick ire. the backup qb protest identifies a fundamental lack o' awareness. anger directed at America over police actions is misguided. Obama, as the President, has the power to bring national awareness, but is not a Constitutional granted power. there simple ain't anything for the government o' the USA to do in this matter. protest inaction o' any fed actor or agency save the President is misguided. HA! Good Fun!

am assuming you read, but you observing lack o' detail seems to miss the point. the article notes that that there ain't a whole lotta substantive money issues to be argued over 'tween player and a team precise 'cause o' the cba. but yeah, unless you were in the room with bosa's folks and the chargers, the only details 'bout the signing bonus you is gonna have is the the ones the chargers released regarding the deal they claim bosa rejected... so... is not all that complicated, and delayed signing bonuses is kinda ordinary 'cross industries. yes, the cba makes bosa options different than those available to an accountant or attorney or engineer, but that is 'cause the nfl rookie pay is resulting from a C. B. A. that the freaking players agreed to. wanna discuss anti-trust with enoch? be our guest. HA! Good Fun!

calling bs on the cartoon. is the signing bonus that is deferred. heck, Gromnir got a signing bonus from our current employer, and we actual had to wait six months to get it. with sd's offer, bosa would need wait 'til january to get a lion'e share o' his signing bonus... five months from now.] the washington post article we linked were surprising fair. can scroll back up and take a looksee. HA!

lord knows that Gromnir didn't blame the cast. "what is wrong with the people on this show" is not our quote. were not our question. HA! Good Fun!

josh has a curious sense o' humor. he says he likes funny, but is tough to get outta him what, if anything, he genuine thought were funny in a game-- any game. likely how some developer messed up roman history or the inquisition or somesuch. "silly," we suspect, is josh being dismissive o' humor he don't like. am personal not a fan o' silly, but we do like humor, particularly in entertainment that has a duration o' tens o' hours. be dour and serious for +20 hours is cruel. am thinking one genuine needs humor in lengthy crpgs. am not a fan o' silly or cheap laughs, but +20 hours o' serious is reminding us o' a few o' our least favorite university courses, or german stand-up comedy. is sawyer german? elmore leonard observed that he were an admirer o' hemingway, an author who made writing look so easy. 'course leonard noted that he had to give up on hemingway as a role model 'cause ernest had no sense o' humor. am not being critical, but is nobody current (or past) writing at obsidian who were anywhere near talented as hemingway. clear ain't anybody writing as part o' a collaborative writing effort can be deadpan serious for entirety o' a game such as were the length o' poe without the stories and characters becoming oppressive. "silly" is the wrong freaking word, but poe2 likely could use more humor... just don't let josh decide what is and ain't funny. to Gromnir, the best humor is the stuff that don't seem like it is trying to be funny, but such subtlety is gonna be difficult in a crpg, particular without the deceased elmore leonard doing story and characters for the game. HA! Good Fun! ps am thinking that there is also some bass ackwards reasoning at work on his conclusions 'bout hard-counters... 'least 'til we hear him explain. absent hard counters were only problematic 'cause o' accuracy bloat. see a need for hard counters when the actual problem were a flaw in combat maths is intellectual dishonest.

what Gromnir doesn't understand is those folks who laughed at seinfeld. sick. twisted. that show were never funny, and yet you folks kept it on air for almost ten years. HOW could you people laugh at seinfeld and his pals just kinda being d!cks to each other for a decade? y'know, am pretty certain that seinfeld did more to hurt race relations in this country than those who fear trump imagine he is capable. oh sure, trump is one o' those complete obtuse shmucks that just don't have any idea that he said or did something inappropriate... almost pity the jackarse at times. but seinfeld created a national humor gap, a wound, that is only now starting to heal. white majority would repeat seinfeld jokes or humor that they enjoyed during must-see-thursdays and us minorities would stand 'round baffled and uncomfortable, wondering, not for the first time, "what is wrong with white people?" puzzle over what is wrong with clinton or trump is actual an improvement from the 90s. serious. there were an entire decade during which we were shocked by the crap that millions o' white people were laughing 'bout. just sayin. HA! Good Fun!

honest, when we saw name o' daymon wayans attached to this, we thought it were daymon wayans jr. am not able to recall any recent work. a few tv shows that got cancelled after a half season maybe five-to-seven years past? on the positive side, he should be well rested. HA! Good Fun!

terry gilliam is kinda a dr. seuss for adults. has a distinct aesthetic that surrenders realism in favor o' a rough whimsy. protagonist is typically sane, but learns that the world 'round him is not. quixotic is norm. over-the-top is norm. nonsense is norm. less rhyming than dr. seuss. gilliam is not gonna be appreciated by all. he brings a unique and immediate recognizable vision to movies, but that vision is not grounded in the ordinary or the recognizable... and at the end o' a gilliam film, the grinch will not be be carving up the roast beast as he enjoys christmas dinner with the whos down in whoville. HA! Good Fun!